Exclusive Interview with Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa

15 August, 2010 - 22:20 — TheRevivalEditor
By: 
Sajid Iqbal (Transcribed by Iram Ramzan & Irfan Khan)

* This is the full interview as the print version only contains an edited version

Shaykh Ibrahim was born and raised in Liverpool, England. Initially studying for three years in Syria and Mauritania he then had the opportunity to spend over six years in the city of Tarim, Hadramaut where he studied under the hands of many high calibre teachers of our time.

He was one of the founders of several Islamic initiatives including the Ibn Abbas Institute, Starlatch Press, Badr Language Institute and the Greensville Trust. He currently resides in Liverpool, England with his wife and two children.

The Revival Editor, Sajid Iqbal, met up with the Shaykh Ibrahim in Nelson where he was preparing for a talk. After trying to poorly imitate the Shaykhs scouse accent, he had a lengthy chat covering issues from Tupac to drugs and alcohol abuse, marriage to culture, purification of the soul to Mosques and many more. Here are some of the questions put to the Shaykh:

[Let's Talk Show] Solutions for problems facing the Muslim community

31 August, 2010 - 01:28 — TheRevivalEditor

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Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa is asked about some problems facing the Muslim community and asked how can they be solved.

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool, Sajid Iqbal

Guests: Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa

Broadcast Date: 29 August 2010
Duration: 3hr 10mins

[Let's Talk Show] General Q & A with Shaykh Salim Ghisa

29 August, 2010 - 18:19 — TheRevivalEditor

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A question and answer session with Shaykh Salim Ghisa.

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool, Sajid Iqbal

Guests:Shaykh Salim Ghisa

Broadcast Date: 28 August 2010
Duration: 2hr 20mins

[Let's Talk Show] The Marriage Show

28 August, 2010 - 04:41 — TheRevivalEditor

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A discussion of marriage with Imam Irfan Chishti.

The Imam was late to the studio, and his question and answers section is in part 2, which is listed separately above. The general studio banter and discussions about marriage before his arrival are recorded in part 1.

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool, Sajid Iqbal

Guests: Imam Irfan Chishti

Broadcast Date: 27 August 2010
Duration: Part 1 - 48min, Part 2 - 2hr 10min

Defending The Deen

15 August, 2010 - 17:13 — TheRevivalEditor
By: 
Sajid Iqbal

How should Muslims respond when Islam or the Prophet Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him is insulted?

After the infamous Danish cartoons to the Teddy named Mohammed incident and now to the recent ‘Draw Muhammed Day’ on Facebook, Muslims seem to only react with anger and rage. But how should Muslims react? Should such insults be ignored or challenged and if so, how?

How did the Prophet Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him and companions react to insult and verbal attacks? And what lessons can we learn from our great Islamic history when the name or image of Islam was attacked?

In order to get answers to the above questions, The Revival, met up with three leading Muslim Personalities.

Shaykh Muhammad Al Yaqoubi

Issue 16

10 August, 2010 - 13:31 — TheRevivalEditor

Issue 16, printed and released in August 2010

[Let's Talk Show] Q & A on Zakaah

22 August, 2010 - 03:53 — TheRevivalEditor

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A Question and answer session on Zakaah

Questions and answers session starts 20 minutes in.

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool, Sajid Iqbal

Guests: Shaykh Salim Ghisa

Broadcast Date: 21 August 2010
Duration: 2hr 3min

[Let's Talk Show] Alcohol use in the Muslim Community

19 August, 2010 - 19:25 — TheRevivalEditor

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A discussion on alcohol and its preence and impact on the Muslim community.

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool and Sajid Iqbal

Guests: Waleed Khan, Nafees Habib

Broadcast Date: 18 August 2010
Duration: 1hr 45min

[Let's Talk Show] Converts

15 August, 2010 - 02:19 — TheRevivalEditor

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A discussion about Islam from the point of new Muslims being discussed with Brother Musab, who is a convert to Islam.

Broadcast Date: 14 August 2010
Duration: 1hr 33min

Presenters: Zahid Maqbool, Sajid Iqbal

Guests: Brother Musab, Brother Imran

Issue 16: Q & A On Fasting and Ramadan

12 August, 2010 - 00:55 — TheRevivalEditor
By: 
Shaykh Salim Ghisa

Shaykh Salim Ghisa answers ten questions on Ramadan and fasting in the latest issue of The Revival Magazine.

1. When I fast I just get headaches and feel really rough; I thought fasting was suppose to make me get closer to God?

Fasting is a virtue which in physical terms means abstaining from food, drink and conjugal relations. As Allah says in the Quran ‘Oh Believers fasting has been prescribed for you as it was prescribed to those before you so that you may become pious’ (Quran - 2,183)

Therefore fasting is an obligation and must be fulfilled. The physical effects may mean that you feel hungry, thirsty, tired or getting headaches etc.

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